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Top billed cast

Jackie CooperKurt Anderson
Monte MarkhamEddie Reese / Col. Brice Randolph
Richard AndersonDr. Wylie
Robert LansingJohn Phillips
Susan ClarkGail Randolph
John LuptonDon Masters
Walter BrookeTom Everett
James B. SikkingAstronaut Higgins
Paul KentCarl Samuels
Loretta LeverseeToni Scott

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